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free-climb

verb

Definition of free-climb

as in to summit

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Recent Examples of free-climb Potter later became the first person to free-climb both Half Dome and El Capitan in less than 24 hours. — Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026

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This photograph taken on May 20, 2026, shows mountaineers climbing a slope lined up during their ascent from the Hillary Step to summit Mount Everest in Nepal.

— Sam Meredith,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Earlier this summer, Dawson embarked on a three-peak challenge — attempting to summit Ismoil Somoni Peak, Ozodi Peak and Manaslu — as a fundraiser for the ALS Network.

— Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of summit

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When a bird ascends during a migratory flight, a barometric geolocator records a steep drop in air pressure, capturing the timing of departure and arrival for every stop along a bird’s migration route.

— Stephanie Szarmach, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026
In August, Prince Alois announced a change to royal succession rules to allow women to ascend the throne on equal terms with men, breaking with three centuries of dynastic tradition.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 8 Sep. 2026

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The larger vision is a manufacturing campus that can scale alongside semiconductor demand while bringing production, logistics and supporting operations under one roof.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
As aerospace has scaled back since the end of the Cold War, El Segundo has emerged as a hub for many creative businesses, including toys.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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With flight sticking to LEO during Artemis III, communication limitations become a lot easier to surmount.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 21 July 2026
While wearables were already a hard enough curve to convince people on regarding constant data collection, embedding sensors and ways to collect data inside people’s homes will be an even higher threshold to surmount.

— Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

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